Debates at the national level have been completed, but rivals for one of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seats, longtime incumbent, Bob Casey (D), and challenger Dave McCormick (R) square off for their second debate this month at 7 p.
m. on Oct. 15 on Channel 6.
That debate, moderated by morning news anchor Matt O’Donnell and 5 p.m. anchor Sherrie Williams, can be seen on all of WPVI’s platforms.
It will also be seen in Univision, Channel 65, with Ilia Garcia joining O’Donnell and Williams at the moderator’s desk. Casey and McCormick fenced fiercely on Wednesday in a debate sponsored by Nexstar’s WHTM-TV (Channel 27) in Harrisburg, an ABC affiliate. That showdown, moderated by ABC27’s Dennis Owen, covered a wide range of topic including immigration, abortion, loyalties to presidential candidates, commerce in Pennsylvania, McCormick’s residency, and Casey’s willingness to vote with Democrats — e.
g. Kamala Harris — to suspend the filibuster that calls for 60 “yea” votes to advance a Senate bill rather than a simple majority of 51 in regard to certain hot-button issues, such as abortion. In Harrisburg, the candidates “fact-checked” each other, and each accused the other of rampant lying.
McCormick cracked, “There are a lot of Pinocchios here.” I am fond of saying, after listening to candidate in debate on any level that you could walk from here to Hawaii on all of their noses. O’Donnell, Williams, and Garcia will question the candidates at WPVI in a.